The Dickinson press., 1887-04-23

NiiNoo III aiiCdVy oplOttGlIlS lleitl
Bismarck.
III. L.. Henry, editor of the Dispatch.
at Rediieli, has been appointed clerk
OF the district court by Judge Spencer.
In default of bail knutc Silver OF
Pemhina languishcs i'll JUL ON com
plant of his wife. charging him with
adultery.
In district court at Huron Frank E,
Stevens. eN-county treasurer. indicted
for cmbrzzlrmcmt. was found not gull.
ty by order of Judge.
Preliminary steps for the %organiZa.
ton of the Red River Valley Trottins
circuit We're taken at Grand Forks
and Iillsh"ro men. 1t is proposed to
bring all prominent towns i'm nortli-
western Dakota and Winnipeg into
the circuit.
The Merchants National bank he.
opened at Deadwood Monday. with
abundant funds. The surplus has
been increased to SSl.OUO. William
Sclhie. recently agent for the North
western road there. becomes cashier,
The new combination daily at
Sioux Falls, the .Argus-Leader, puts
out the romantic theory that IA news
paper, like Il doctor. should not solicit
patronage. and proposes to follow the
conceit in its business.
The postmaster ut Hurley, when he
borrowed 5000 of the department.
made Il mistake in not first getting
the consent of the government. Con.
s%equently he not only lost his office.
but became involved i'm difficulty that
will cmharrass his movements for
some time.
OF i25 votes east on the adoption
of the new city charter at Fargo
Monday. hut six were against the
charter. The mayor and aldermen
are given more responsibility, and
two-thirds of the fund from the liquor
license goes to the city.
Miss Ida Linslcy came out from
Montpelier. VT. to marry Rev. +. f.
Lcascr. the NJ. +. pastor at Webster,
as he could not leave his work to 90
for her. The whole society turned
out to welcome her and congratulate
the happy couple. She knew the val.
ue of a Dakota husband.
The territorial board of health was
in session ut Fargo Saturday. DR.. i.
\. Spotford. of Flandreau. vice presi.
dent OF the territorial board; DR.. Geo.
ID. Swainc, of Wallpeton. supcrintelld-
ent, and Mr.. E. NJ. barrow. the retir-
ing superintendent, were appointed a
territorial examining board.
The votes cast at the late munich.
pal elections afford a pretty fair test
OF the relative population of the sew
eral cities. although all of them insist
that the vote was light. Fargo cast
1873 votes. Sioux Falls. l.lOO, .Aber-
deem 739. Huron 1873. Yankton sos,
Watertown 635. Bismarck 557, Canton
24g. Rcdlield 244.
y liailicS county paper reports bob.
tailed gophers becoming numerous i'm
that county and credits them to Kid
der, where there was last year Il pre-
MUM on gopher tails. The tails, it
is alleged drew the bounty while the
animals went OH with their avocations
or migrated to other counties.
The Red River Lumber Co. have
4O.0oo.ooo feet of logs i'm the Red Lake
rivers and on its banks. or this they
expect to cut the present season at
the Grand Forks mill $4,000, 600 feet
of lumber. besides 100000 shingles
and a vast quantity of lath daily. The
balance will be cut ut the Crookston
mill.
Hon. p. II. Mcclure, the new com.
missioner of immigration, has gone
to Bismarck to establish his resi-
dencc and headquarters in the dis.
charge of his official duties. He pro.
poses before determining his exact
policy, to visit the Red river valley,
Devils Lake, the Turtle mountains
and later the Black Hills.
The editor of the paper in Hutchin.
son county, j. n. True, who was i'm.
dicted for criminal libel, failed in an
attempt to open the Jail doors with Il
habeus corpus, and does not seem to
have been willing to give bail. He
will, however,, he allowed to edit his
paper i'll the Jail.
The new school law makes voters
ut all school elections of all women
over 81 who have the custody of
children of school age. That will
evidently admit about all ladies of
the required age who live where
there are school children. The re.
striction is evidently intended as an
encouragement to the production of
Juvenile population.
The settlers on the Crow Creek and
Winnebago reservations have again
been ordered off their claims by the
Indian agent and troops have beer
sent to put them off by force. These
reservations were opened for settle
ment by proclamation by President
Arthur in 1885. President Cleveland
upon coming into power declared the
reservations closed and the settler.
were ordered to leave. Many did sc
while others remained. They sa,
that they will fight for their homes il
necessary,